IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0436489
(2003-05-12)
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발명자
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
13 인용 특허 :
12 |
초록
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A food serving system for simultaneously holding a food article and a beverage. The food serving system includes a tray assembly including a container that has an interior for carrying a beverage and a plate for carrying a food article. The plate is releasably coupled to the container. The plate inc
A food serving system for simultaneously holding a food article and a beverage. The food serving system includes a tray assembly including a container that has an interior for carrying a beverage and a plate for carrying a food article. The plate is releasably coupled to the container. The plate includes a bottom wall that has a hole extending through the plate. In one embodiment of the present invention, the bottom wall of the plate is removably inserted in the interior of the container for preventing the beverage in the interior of the container from escaping. The hole in the plate is in communication with the interior of the container. An end of a conduit is removably inserted in the hole in the plate for transporting the beverage in the interior of the container through the hole in the plate.
대표청구항
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1. A food serving system capable of simultaneously holding a food article and a beverage, said system comprising:a tray assembly including:a container having an interior for carrying a beverage;a plate for carrying a food article, said plate being releasably coupled to said container, said plate hav
1. A food serving system capable of simultaneously holding a food article and a beverage, said system comprising:a tray assembly including:a container having an interior for carrying a beverage;a plate for carrying a food article, said plate being releasably coupled to said container, said plate having a bottom wall, said plate having a hole extending through said-plate;wherein said bottom wall of said plate is removably inserted in said interior of said container for preventing the beverage in said interior of said container from escaping said hole in said plate being in communication with said interior of said container;a conduit for transporting the beverage in said interior of said container through said hole in said plate, an end of said conduit being removably inserted in said-hole in said plate; andsaid plate comprising an annular collar, said hole of said plate extending through said annular collar, an end of said annular collar extending above an upper surface of said plate for inhibiting food articles on said plate from entering said hole and falling into said container, wherein said conduit is removably inserted in said hole extending through said collar;wherein said container has a base wall and a perimeter wall extending from said base wall, an edge of said perimeter wall defining an opening extending into said interior of said container; and wherein a thickness of said base wall tapers from one side of said container toward an opposite side of said container to form a deeper portion of said interior of said container for displacing the beverage from a shallower portion of said interior of said container to said deeper portion of said interior of said container, said end of said conduit being positioned generally in said deeper portion of said interior of said container. 2. The food serving system of claim 1, wherein said perimeter wall of said container has an annular groove formed therein, said base wall of said container being removably inserted in said opening in another of a plurality of containers, wherein the annular groove of each of said containers selectively abuts said edge of said perimeter wall. 3. The food serving system of claim 1, wherein said plate has a peripheral wall extending from said bottom wall, of said plate an edge of said peripheral wall of said plate defining an opening extending into said plate. 4. The food serving system of claim 3, wherein said edge of said peripheral wall of said plate has an annular flange extending from said peripheral wall of said plate, wherein said annular flange has a hook portion formed thereon, said hook portion being releasably coupled to an annular lip formed on said edge of said perimeter wall of said container. 5. The food serving system of claim 4, wherein said bottom wall of said plate is removably inserted in said opening in said container, said hook portion of said annular flange of said plate selectively engaging said annular lip about said opening of said container for preventing the beverage in said interior of said container from escaping. 6. A The food serving system of claim 3, wherein an outer surface of said peripheral wall of said plate is threadedly coupled to an inner surface of a perimeter wall of said container for preventing the beverage in said interior of said container from escaping. 7. The food serving system of claim 1, additionally including a cover for selectively covering said hole in said annular collar, said cover being threadedly couplable to said annular collar. 8. The food serving system of claim 7, wherein a wall of said cover has a hole extending therethrough, an upper surface and a lower surface of said wall of having cover having a pair of axially aligned annular ridges formed around said hole in said cover, said conduit being removably inserted through said hole in said cover, wherein each of said annular ridges prevent the liquid in said container from escaping through said hole in said cover. 9. The food serving sys tem of claim 1, additionally including a cap for selectively covering an end of said conduit, said cap being removably coupled to a portion of said conduit. 10. The food serving system of claim 3, additionally including a lid for selectively covering said opening in said plate, said lid having a wall and a perimeter wall extending from said wall of said lid, said perimeter wall of said lid selectively abutting an annular flange about said edge of said plate when said lid covers said opening in said plate. 11. The food serving system of claim 1, additionally including a plurality of intermediate walls, each of said intermediate walls extending from said bottom wall of said plate, said plurality of intermediate walls defining a plurality of sub-compartments of said plate. 12. A food serving system capable of simultaneously holding a food article and a beverage, said system comprising:a tray assembly including:a container having an interior for carrying the beverage, said container having a base wall and a perimeter wall extending from said base wall, an edge of said perimeter wall defining an opening extending into an interior of said container, an annular lip being formed on said edge of said perimeter wall, a thickness of said base wall tapering from one side of said container toward an opposite side of said container to form a deeper portion of said interior of said container for displacing a beverage from a shallower portion of said interior of said container to said deeper portion of said interior of said container;wherein said perimeter wall of said container having an annular groove formed therein, said annular groove being positioned generally adjacent to said base wall of said container, said base wall of said container being removably inserted in said opening in another of a plurality of containers, wherein the annular groove of each of said containers selectively abuts said edge of said perimeter wall;a plate for carrying a food article, said plate being releasably coupled to said container, said plate having a bottom wall and a peripheral wall extending from said bottom wall, an edge of said peripheral wall of said plate defining an opening extending into said plate, said edge of said peripheral wall of said plate having an annular flange extending from said peripheral wall of said plate, wherein said annular flange has a hook portion formed thereon, an upper surface of said bottom wall having au annular collar formed thereon, an end of said annular collar having a hole extending through said bottom wall of said plate;wherein said plate has a plurality of intermediate walls, each of said intermediate walls extending from said bottom wall of said plate, said plurality of intermediate walls defining a plurality of sub-compartments of said plate;wherein said bottom wall of said plate is removably inserted in said opening in said container, said hook portion of said annular flange of said plate selectively engaging said annular lip of said container for preventing the beverage in said interior of said container from escaping, said hole in said plate being in communication with said interior of said container;wherein an outer surface of said peripheral wall of said plate is threadedly coupled to an inner surface of said perimeter wall of said container for preventing the beverage in said interior of said container from escaping;a conduit for transporting the beverage in said deeper portion of said interior of said container through said bole in said plate, said conduit having a first end and a second end, said first end of said conduit being removably inserted in said hole in said annular collar, said second end of said conduit extending above said upper surface of said plate;a cover for selectively covering said hole in said annular collar, said cover having a wall and a peripheral wall extending from said wall of said cover, said peripheral wall of said cover being threadedly coupled to said collar, said wall of said co ver having a hole extending therethrough, an upper surface and a lower surface of said wall of said cover having a pair of axially aligned annular ridges formed around said hole in said cover, said conduit being removably inserted through said hole in said cover, wherein each of said annular ridges prevent the liquid in said container from escaping through said hole in said cover;a cap for selectively covering said second end of said conduit, said cap being removably coupled to a portion of said conduit; anda lid for selectively covering said opening in said plate, said lid having a wall and a perimeter wall extending from said wall of said lid, said perimeter wall of said lid selectively abutting said annular flange of said plate when said lid covers said opening in said plate.
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